Quote of the day - Vikings Stadium

"Who needs a 50,000-seat bar and grill used only on Sundays?"

- Ed Raymond, The Gadfly, "What Will Cure Idiocraphobia?", Reader Weekly, 2011-08-25, originally published in High Plains Reader as "Tar and Feathers".

He made an earlier reference in his article that "alcohol has become a major problem at practically every stadium in the U.S."




If you don't have regular access to the Reader Weekly (Duluth MN), you can find Ed Raymond's column online on the High Plains Reader.

Where's Grover Norquist when we need him?

I find it amazing that the Republicans are not up in arms about no new taxes for the Vikings stadium in Arden Hills.  We certainly don't hear them talking about greedy players and owners.

Hey folks, a much better investment in Minnesota is schools and colleges.  It's not the rich that create jobs, but the well-educated.